On 22 January, kicking off the event calendar for CTUBH (Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat) a roundtable talk that was hosted at Gensler Shanghai office at One Museum Place. CTBUH China Board Member, Xiaomei Lee, Managing Principal of Gensler Greater China Region, and thought leaders from the real estate industry joined the roundtable talk on the topic of future cities - discussing the challenges and possibilities that the future cities may be facing from the lens of Planning & Design, and Technology & Operations. 

Xiaomei Lee, Managing Principal of Gensler Greater China, delivering the opening remarks.

Jiaqi Qu,  Vice President of CTBUH China, presented CTBUH Year in Review 2020.

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Planning and Design – 

How our cities are changing?

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the landscape of our cities, and there is no question that our cities are currently facing challenges around global wellness, climate change and inclusion. We believe it also has been an opportunity for us to retrofit our cities to better address how people want to experience their cities.

The panel discussion of ‘planning and design’ centered on how to redefine cities through the urban lens – work, lifestyle and community. The panelists, with different expertise, shared their visions on how cities are changing to adapt to the new norm.

(Panelists from left to right)

Ethan Zhang, Technical Director of Gensler

Bin Niu, Vice President of ECADI

Dr. Zhendong Wang, Professor at the College of Architecture and 

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Ping Qian, Chief Architect of CCDI

Richard (Mu) Li, Executive Director of Design Management of Ping An Real Estate Ltd. 

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Technology and Operations - 

How does technology lead the experience?

The panel discussion of ‘Technology and Operations’ centered on the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on tall building’s design and operation. The panelists shared their visions on how to design, build and operate tall buildings flexibly and resiliently. And seamless fusion of architecture and technology together to create spatial experiences that are higher in quality and value than they were before.

(Panelists from left to right)

Chris Cheung, Head of Property and Asset Management, East and Central China, JLL

Xiaomei Lee, Regional Managing Principal of Gensler

Jianping Gu, President of Shanghai Tower Construction and Development Co., Ltd.

Xiaohu Liu, Vice Chief Engineer of China State Construction 

Overseas

Development Co., Ltd

Lijia Zhao, Marketing Director of North Asia, Carrier

Chunchao Li, Marketing Director of Tianjin Northglass

Group photo of the panelists

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